Professional Dotnetnuke 4: Open Source Web Application Framework For Asp.net 2.0

The book has a thorough coverage of installing, configuring, administering, and developing modules for DotNetNuke. It's written by the core team of developers, the people who know how it works best and who field the user questions giving them insight into what people need to know.
Some of the topics covered include:
· Installation and portal administration
· Host administration
· Configuration and use in a hosted environment
· Working with modules
· Developing DotNetNuke modules
· Designing a DotNetNuke portal with skins
· Scaling DotNetNuke with Web farms

And it includes the popular chapter about the evolution of this open source product, Microsoft's support and role, and lessons learned in open source projects from the creator Shaun Walker.

Table of contents :
Preface
· An Inside Look at the Evolution of DotNetNuke
· Installing DotNetNuke
· Portal Overview
· Portal Administration
· Host Administration
· Modules
· DotNetNuke Architecture
· Core DotNetNuke APIs
· Member Role
· Client API
· Localization
· Beginning Module Development
· Developing Modules: The Database Layer
· Developing Modules: The Business Logic Layer
· Developing Modules: The Presentation Layer
· Skinning DotNetNuke
Distribution
Appendix A: Resources
Appendix B: System Message Tokens
Index

Market Description :
· ASP.NET developers - these will be experienced developers using the book to save time developing ASP.NET sites with .NET Nuke or developing add-ins to .NET Nuke
· Web site hosting providers - whether currently supporting ASP.NET or moving to ASP.NET from other platforms
· ASP.NET/IIS and .NET Nuke administrators

About Author :
Shaun Walker is the creator of DotNetNuke.

Patrick J. Santry, Joe Brinkman, Dan Caron, Scott McCulloch, Scott Willhite , Bruce Hopkins are all members of the DotNetNuke development team.


Patrick, Joe, Dan, and Scott Willhite comprise the .NET Nuke Board of Directors with Shaun. Patrick, Shaun, and Bruce are all Microsoft ASP.NET MVPs. In addition to their programming jobs, the authors are also active in INETA (the International .NET Association), speakers at conferences, and magazine writers. All of the authors are the authors of the original Wrox best-seller Professional DotNetNuke ASP.NET Portals.